Putting this in off-ice because it's a feel-good one. Going around early January (Jan 8) that Patrick Kane reportedly potted his 500th career goal. Flagging it's single-source on the exact date so don't quote me to your group chat like it's gospel, but IF it's right, that's an absurd milestone and it happened in our sweater.
500 goals. That's a number you don't see much anymore. And whatever you think about the July 1 saga, watching a guy chase down a round number that historic while wearing the winged wheel is a genuinely cool footnote in a long season.
so. celebration thread. post your favorite Kane-in-Detroit moment 🥳
500!! if this holds it's one of those 'remember where you were' nights. the hands on that man at his age are still unfair. doesn't matter what jersey the 499 came in, number 500 territory is legend stuff and he's doing magic for US right now. SHOWTIME forever 🙌
and THIS is exactly why letting him walk July 1 would be criminal. you don't usher a guy to 500 goals and then shrug him out the door. re-sign him. i will not be calm until he's signed. 🙏
Five hundred goals is rarefied air. Whatever your feelings on a player arriving here late in his career, a milestone like that earns a tip of the cap. We've had a lot of greatness skate through this town. Adding a 500-goal night to the ledger, even a borrowed one, is something to savor. Nicely done flagging it as reported, by the way. We owe the history accuracy.
Cool milestone. Now do it in a game that gets us a playoff spot. I'll throw a parade for the FIRST round, not the 500th goal.
watched that stretch of games with the good wine, can confirm the man still makes me gasp out loud at the tv. 500 if true is just delightful. let him cook 🍷